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NAC week 2023
The ambition for the NAC week 24th to 27th October 2023 is to gather Lund University researchers and PhD students that are affiliated to the profile area, but also researchers, teachers, PhD students and other employees at Lund university that are interested in the domain or want to be an active part of the profile area of Natural and Artificial Cognition.
The NAC week 2023 consists of three separate but connected events:
- 24 October at 9.30 to 15.30 in E:A: The annual public fika-to-fika workshop on Natural and Artificial Cognition II - open for registration
- 25 October at 10.00 to 12.00 in M:Teknodromen: NAC Member meeting
- 27 October at 9.00 to 12.00 + lunch in M:Teknodromen: NAC PhD Student and young reseracher WS
The second annual fika-to-fika workshop on Natural and Artificial Cognition
When: 24 October at 9.30 to 15.30
Location: E:A, could be complemented with hybrid
Target group: Public and internal
Relation to the other events:
- This is a good introduction for the Member meeting 25 October
- The poster session for PhD student and junior researcher are connected to the workshop 27 October
Information and registration: ai.lu.se/2023-10-24/registration
Programme Committee
- Eric Warrant
- Marcus Stensmyr
- Elin A. Topp
- Magnus Oskarsson
Content
- Research presentations: Contact the programme committee if you want to contribute
- Poster session with contributions från PhD students and young researchers: Call for Contributions at ai.lu.se/2023-10-24/registration
The first annual NAC Member meeting
When: 25 October at 10.00 to 12.00
Location: M:Teknodromen
Target group: NAC Members and member candidates
Preliminary programme
- 10.15 Introduction to NAC status, policies, activities and future
- 11.15- 12.00 NAC Labs and resources - what can be done there and how to use it
- Microscopy-Biology Lab (Ola Gustafsson/Marie Dacke)
- RobotLab LTH (Elin A. Topp)
- Moth Lab Australia (Erik Warrant)
- LU Humanities Lab (Marianne Gullberg)
- Cognitive Robotics Lab (Birger Johansson)
Programme Committee
- Ines Bramao
- Karl Åström
- Marcus Stensmyr
Registration: https://www.ai.lu.se/nac/internal/nac-week-2023-registration
The first NAC workshop for PhD students and young researchers
With the purpose of cross-learning and networking between researchers and doctoral students in the field of Natural and Artificial Cognition at Lund University we invite doctoral students and young researchers to present and discuss their research:
- in the form of posters at a public fika to fika workshop on October 24
- in the form of posters and/or oral presentations on October 27 at 9-12 + lunch
Target group
- NAC member PhD students
- PhD students to NAC members
- other PhD students and young researchers at Lund University that are active or interested in the NAC domain.
But every one in the NAC Community is wellcom to participate.
Preliminary programme October 27 at 9-12 + lunch
- PhD and young researcher presentations and Q&A based on contributed posters 24/10
- Other contributions
- TBC: Labs, tools & tricks at Lund University
Programme Committee
Call for contribution
Examples of contributions could be an presentation an/or a poster that you have recently given, or are planning to give. But you can also produce a simple poster that describes what you want to research about...
Criteria for contributing
- you are a doctoral student or young researcher at LU/LTH
- you research in the field of Natural and/or Artificial Cognition in the broad sense
Submit a titel
There will be no pre-review of your presentation or poster. We need a preliminary title to put in the programmes for the 24th and/or 27th October. So please try to submit a titel for your contribution before 17 October.
You register for participation and submit a title for your contribution in the same form at https://www.ai.lu.se/nac/internal/nac-week-2023-registration
Lund University profile area Natural and Artificial Cognition for Lund University staff.
Calls and contributions
- NAC Week 24-27 October 2023
- NAC Opportunities (15 November 2023)
Organisation, policy and routines
NAC Organisation
Lund University profile area Natural and Artificial Cognition for Lund University staff.
Calls and contributions
- NAC Week 24-27 October 2023
- NAC Opportunities (15 November 2023)
Organisation, policy and routines
Roles
NAC Members
NAC Core
During the years 2023 and 2024, the NAC Core will be seen at a retreat for team building and to discuss strategic issues. The retreat is followed up with a 2–3 hour meeting in the fall.
NAC Management Group
The management team consists of people with formal roles in the profile area or with direct funding. All or parts of the management team discuss ongoing and long-term issues at online meetings on Tuesdays at 8.15-9.15.
NAC Board
For 2023 and 2024, three board meetings per year on a theme are planned.
- Spring: Activity report and evaluation
- September:
- November: Budget and operational plan
NAC Scientific Advisory Board
NAC Core working groups
Within NAC Core group exist the following long term working groups
- Calls for funding & applications
- NAC Opportunities
- Scientific Advisory Board Coordination
- Communication Strategy
- LUCRIS group
- Event committees
- NAC CORE spring meeting
- Members autumn meeting
- Annual Public Workshop
- Young researchs an PhD Students workshop
Apply for NAC membership
Any researcher, PhD student or other employee at Lund University can apply for membership via a webform. The recruitment committee takes decisions on short notice but we report new members to LUCAT twice a year.
Benefits, obligations, and routines for different NAC groups (PDF, 95kb)
NAC Opportunities
NAC Opportunities is way for NAC Core members to on short notice and with little bureaucracy seek funding for projects or other initiatives in the cost range 20-100 KKR. Decisions are taken four times per year.
Examples of things which could be funded include:
- visitors
- PhD courses
- workshops
- support for research projects
NAC Core members are free to come up with other ideas too.
To apply for funding, submit a one-page proposal as a PDF file by email to Kalle Åström (karl [dot] astrom [at] math [dot] lth [dot] se) by noon, on the day for the deadline.
The proposal should include:
- a description of what you propose to do
- an explanation of how it will benefit a broad section of the NAC community. We prioritise ideas which will benefit many NAC members. Concretely, we are expecting to see the direct involvement of at least two distinct research groups within NAC.
- a simple budget with an explanation of the expected costs
If you are proposing a visitor, then please also include a two-page CV of the proposed
visitor as well as the one-page proposal.
Upcoming deadlines:
- 15 November 2023 at 12.00 CET
Contact by mail
- Kalle Åström
- Melvyn Davies